Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Arkansas 
Arkansas 
Ashley 
Baxter 
Benton 
Boone 
Bradley 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
11,715 
257 
84 
116 
537 
311 
45 
workers 
33,104 
847 
562 
239 
1,376 
689 
593 
$1 ,000 payroll 
342,712 
13,122 
6,068 
1,102 
12,345 
2,319 
1,090 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
4,621 
57 
18 
51 
224 
134 
22 
workers 
4,621 
57 
18 
51 
224 
134 
22 
2 workers 
farms 
3,086 
77 
22 
39 
159 
87 
12 
workers 
6,172 
154 
44 
78 
318 
174 
24 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
2,396 
73 
24 
18 
87 
71 
5 
workers 
8,119 
256 
81 
55 
296 
237 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1,260 
44 
12 
8 
56 
16 
3 
workers 
7,780 
272 
82 
55 
328 
101 
(D) 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
352 
6 
8 
- 
11 
3 
3 
workers 
6,412 
108 
337 
- 
210 
43 
(D) 
Werkers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
5,732 
190 
49 
32 
215 
105 
17 
workers 
13,663 
457 
176 
(D) 
545 
174 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
2,656 
62 
20 
19 
112 
59 
13 
workers 
2,656 
62 
20 
19 
112 
59 
13 
2 workers 
farms 
1,493 
65 
14 
11 
50 
30 
2 
workers 
2,986 
130 
28 
22 
100 
60 
4 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
1,049 
52 
5 
1 
28 
15 
2 
workers 
3,505 
173 
17 
(D) 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
417 
8 
6 
1 
18 
1 
workers 
2,519 
46 
37 
(D) 
106 
(D) 
- 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
117 
3 
4 
7 
- 
workers 
1,997 
46 
74 
- 
135 
- 
- 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
8,325 
168 
64 
92 
390 
233 
30 
workers 
19,441 
390 
386 
(D) 
831 
515 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
3,649 
53 
18 
39 
162 
98 
11 
workers 
3,649 
53 
18 
39 
162 
98 
11 
2 workers 
farms 
2,477 
73 
22 
29 
131 
66 
9 
workers 
4,954 
146 
44 
58 
262 
132 
18 
3 er 4 workers 
farms 
1,573 
31 
16 
20 
70 
55 
5 
workers 
5,204 
102 
52 
60 
229 
178 
(D) 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
487 
9 
6 
4 
23 
11 
2 
workers 
2,893 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
128 
66 
(D) 
1 0 workers or more 
farms 
139 
2 
2 
- 
4 
3 
3 
workers 
2,741 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
50 
41 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
3,390 
89 
20 
24 
147 
78 
15 
workers 
6,985 
202 
79 
41 
336 
126 
19 
$1 ,000 payroll 
125,888 
4,549 
1,350 
631 
6,174 
1,030 
351 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
5,983 
67 
35 
84 
322 
206 
28 
workers 
12,707 
130 
115 
166 
670 
447 
565 
$1 ,000 payroll 
31,443 
1,004 
200 
432 
1,479 
877 
(D) 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
2,342 
101 
29 
8 
68 
27 
2 
150 days or more, workers 
6,678 
255 
97 
12 
209 
48 
(D) 
less than 150 days, workers 
6,734 
260 
271 
20 
161 
68 
(D) 
$1 ,000 payroll 
185,382 
7,570 
4,518 
39 
4,693 
412 
(D) 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
229 
10 
7 
2 
- 
- 
4 
workers 
1,358 
21 
196 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
205 
9 
6 
2 
_ 
_ 
4 
workers 
1,241 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
24 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
117 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
19,073 
150 
196 
271 
981 
523 
77 
workers 
43,305 
259 
485 
653 
2,279 
1,280 
165 
--continued 
294 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
